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COMBINATION TABLE AND PHONOGRAPH. FILED DEC}. 17, I920.

Jan. 9, 1923.

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COMBINATION TABLE AND PHDNOGRAPH.

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Patented Jan. 9, 1923.

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To all whom it may oomem I Be it known that I, Fiuzniuuoit LUItEKZnK, ofthe city of Chicago, Cool: County, Illinois, have invented kl; certainnew and useful Improvement in Combination Tahies and Pholio rephs, ofwhich the following is n specific tion,

' This invention relates to tall-ring machines and phonographs ingeneral, but more purtic'ular'ly to'those which have a rotary turntablefor -disk records, and which have a reproducer which floats on therecord during theoperation of the machine.

Qno object of the invention is to proi'i'de an im )roved constructionnmlarrangement where ythe phonograph or talking machine is movable into astorage position in astructure of any suitable character, such s a.table, when the machine is notin use, and so that the structure may beused for some other urpose.

- To ese'and other useful ends, the invention consists'in mattershereinafter set forth and-claimed, and shown in the accompanyimidrawings, in which:

igure 1 1s e'plan of a table phonograph ortalkinig' machine embodyingthe principles of the invention.

, Figure 2 is a front elevation of said table. Figure 3 is a viewsimilar to Figure 1, SllOWlIlfL the closure open to bring, thephonograph into view inrthe well provided for this purpose in the'centerof the table.

Figure 4 is a ,front elevation of said table and phonograph, as shown inFigure 3, showing the turntable and repmducer in raised position. i t

Figure 5 is a longitudinal section on line 5- 5 in Figure 7. V

Fig. 6, is at similar view showing the phonograph in operative position.

v Figure 7 is an enlarged plan of the structure with the table topremoved and with certain parts shown in horizontal section.

F' ure 8 is a transverse section on line 8-8 111 Figure 7. A

.Figure 9 is an end elevation of the table.

Fi 'ure 10 is a detail sectional vien showini; the movable throat inraised position to deliver the sound vibrations to the resonator.

v Figurell is a similar view showing sai throatin the lowered positionwhich it occupies When-the phonograph is stored in the table.

Figur 12 is a detail View of a 150k for the support iupon which't helreproducer and its tone arm and the throat are mounted. F gure 13 is asectional View of said lock. Figure 14 is a detail sectional view of thefriction devicewherehy the closure and modifier jo'rjthe outer end o theresonator are held in different jositions. As time illustrat theinvention, comprises a-tabie top 1 prcvided'with sides 2 and ends-3 and4, together with legs 5 of any suitablecharacter, The saidtable isconstructed with a well .at its center, forming a chamber 6 havingshorten? and a closure 8 at the top thereof. This closure 8 ispreferably rectangular in form, and is shaped to fit the upper .end ofsaid well'or chamber 6, lieing provided with hinges 9st one end thereof,

of any suitable character, so that the closure can he swung overflatwise upon the table, as shown in Fi 'ure h, or swung hack to closedposition as shown in Figure 1 when it is desired to use the structure asan ordinary table. Said closure ispreferably provided at its free edge,on its under side, with a metal strip 10 having openings therein for thedowel pins 11, and having other openings to engage the ends of the hooksor catches 12 by. whichthe closure is retained in its closed positionflush with the top surface of the table. S aid'dowel pins 11 are movableup and down intlie structure, and in a stationary transverse guide 13,,being held in raised positionby the springs 14 suitably applied thereto,whereby these springs are compressed by the downward movement of thepins 11, which latter are in the form of rods. Thus. when-the closure isunlatched or'imlocked thepins or rods 11 more upward slightlmthusgifingthe closure a slight iriitialopening movement so that the hand can heinsertedumderthe edge of the closure to pull it upward snd over into itsopen position ,flatwlse upon the table top. Thehooks 12 are pivoted at15 at the lower ends, on the structure of the table, and face in thesame direction, or toward the some side of the table, and are connectedtogether by t, rod 16 which slides in the guide 17, a

compression spring 18 being interposed between-this=g ide and oneofthehooks, and

a compression spring 19 being inter osed between the other hook and thegui e 20, whereby endwise movement of said. rod to pull the hooksout ofengagement with the closure serves to compress-said s rings, and

the latter serve to yieldingly' hold the hooks in locln'ng engagementwith the closure.

To operate said rod 16 a bent lever 21 is arranged to operate back andforth in the slot 2 in the wall 23 of the well or chamber in thecenterof the table said lever being pivoted upon the under si e of the tabletop at within the record chamber 25, and provided with a handle 26 forthe Opera.- tion thereof. A hin ed closure 27 is provided for the recordc amber '25, at the end of the table, of any suitable character. Theother end of the table is provided with a stationary resonator 28provided with an inlet end 29 at one side of the said well or chamber inthe table, and provided at its mouth or outer end with a ioldingmodifier 30 which is hinged to the under side of the table top 31 andsuitably connected atits lower edge to the closure 32 which is pivotedat 33 on the structureof the table. Said modifier 30 is preferablycomposed of two sections hinged together at, their edges, and eachsection is preferabl in the form of. a frame having a screen 0? cloth orother material thereon, as shown in Figure 9,'said modifier beingentirely unfolded and disposed in avertical lune when the closure 32 isfully open, as s own in Figure 6; but when the closure 32 is swungupward, as shown in Fi ure 5, the modifier or screen 30 is then fdlde'dso that the two sections thereof lie flatwise together against the underside of the table top. The side portions of the said closure 32 are eachprovided with a series of small openings 34 disposed on the line of acircle struck from the pivot 33, and the table structureis provided withspring pressed locking devices 35 havino rounded ends to enter saidopenings, w ereb the closure 32 and the screen or modifier 30 may beheld in various positions, depending upon the loudness of tone desiredfor themusic or the sound vibrations coming from the resonator. Theclosure 32 is provided with a handle 36 by which it can be forced upwardor downwnrd, the devices 35 engaging the o ening 34 to hold the closureor modifier in different positions, as stated, and being so formed thatthey are forced back against the sprin when the handle 36 is forciblymove up or down whereby a sort of friction arrangement is provided forholding the closure or modifier or screen in different positions. asstated. It will be seen that the lower section of the modifier or screen30 is rigid with the closure 32, but is hinged at its upper edge to theupper section of said modifier or screen, while the said up per sectionis hinged at 31 to the under side of the table top, as previouslyexplained thus ermitting the folding operation shown and escribed. Thestructure thus far described is well adapted for use as a table, as

with the three closures 8, 27 and 34 in closed position there is nothingto indicate that the table contains anythm unusual, or is anything morethan an ordinary table, such as those used for writing or librarypurposes.

The phonograph or talking machine which is normall concealed in the-wellor chamber 6 )revious y mentioned may be of any suitab e known orapproved character. As Shown, said talking machine comprises ahorizontal support 37 mounted on brackets 38 and provi ed on the underside thereof with a motor 39 of any suitable character, and at its topwith an ordinary rotor turntable 40 to receive the flat or disk-1i crecords. The well or chamber 6 contains a transverse wall or support 41upon which. are pivoted at each side of the chamber a pair of short arms42 the other end of which latter are pivoted on the brackets 38 to forma parallel notch or connection or sup ort' ing means for the motor orturntable ith this arrangement the motor and turntable are movable upand down bodily, and the turntable is always level. A similar horizontalsupport 43 is provided for the reproducer 44: and its tone arm 45, whichlatter is removably coupled to the swivel 46 at the upper end of thethroat 47, from which latter the sound vibrations are delivered to thepreviously mentioned resonator. When in raised position, as shown inFigure 6, said reproducer can be swung over to permit the needle orstylus thereof to enga e the record on the turntable in the usual andwell-known manner. The reproducer is thus adapted to be swung from abovethe turntable, as shown in Figure 5, in order to permit closing of theclosure 8 above the depressed phonograph in the well-like position inthe table. The long arms 48 are pivoted on the support 41, and are alsopivoted on the brackets 38. and at their extreme ends are pivoted on thebrackets 49 which carry the support 43 for the reproducer and tone arm.Thus the support 43 has a greater range of movement than the support 37,so that the re roduccr and tone arm move up and down odily a greaterdistance than the turntable and its motor, but the two supports 37 and 3are in the same horizontal plane, as shown in Figure 6, when theturntable and its motor and the reproduce]: and its tone arm are intheir raised or operative positions and are ready for use. When thephonograph is in storage position in the table. the parts are then inthe positions shown in Figure 5, it being observed that the support 43is some distance below the support 37, necessarily. in order to bringthe top of the tone arm 45 below the plane of the closure 8 when thelatter is in closed position at the top of the well or chamber in whichthe phonograph is stored when not in use. A spring 50, of

shown in "Figures 12 and 13, isprovided on the support. 43 to engage.the socket formecl'm the table structure to hold the phonograph inraised position. When the phonograph is in its raised cooperative pos1-tion, the throat i7 is directli 1 opposite and preferably in'engsgementwit the said resonatcr 28-, as shown in Figure 10, and. whenthe phonograph is lowered into the storage position said throat 47 thenoccupies the positionshow'n in Figure 11 at the bottom of the wellor'chnmberfi in the center of the table.

The-'swivelefipermitsthe reproducer and its tone arm, of course, tolie-swung around in the usual rirwell-knownnmnner, and to "be removedwhen suchis necessary or desirehle, so that the throat 47 forms anintermediate separate element between. :the resonabo'rand the tone arm.When the closure 8 is ushed downward, it not only pushes the ro s ordowel pins 11 down, as previously explained but it also pushes thedownward against the tension 0' the spring 50 whereby the raising of the'closu-re '8 permits the spring 50 to raise the phonograph intooperative position. When it is desired to store'the ho'nogmph, the lock52 is releuseinnd 't e closiu'e 8 is then swung over :upon the phonoraph, and the latter is pressed downwo hy the final closing movement ofthe closure and the latter 13 automatically latched by means of hooksorcatches 12 previously described. The supports 37 and i3 can-not risehigher than the plane or level which they occupy in Figurefi, as thebrackets 49 enguge the tedges'of the support 37, thus. locking themechanism against further outward movement, innsmuch asthc support 43moves Inward much faster than the su rt '37 an this movement isrenderedl mpossibile, of course, as

soon as thebra-ck A9 engage the su port 37, as this preclhdcs anyfurther re utive upward movement between the two supports.

From the foregoing it will be seen that the phonograph is movable bodilyinto an out-of-stomge position in the table. As shown and described, themovementof the turntable and its motor bodily is forthe purpose ofstoring the talking machine in the table and this is also the pur oseofthe movement of the reproducer an tone arm bodily upand down, but itwill be under stood that the novelty of the construction and mode ofoperation can be used for any suitable or desired purpose. Theinvention, therefore, is not limited to the exact conhonogrnph structionshown and described and the con struction and in'ode of operation arenot limited itoanny particular purpose or use, the

strupture'shown fund described being illustretive of one purpose anduseof'the novel construction and mode of operationillustretednnd-expluined. Also, as stated, the

phonograph may behf any suitable, known or approvedrchnracter, but forsome reasons,

and for the purposeshoivn anddeseribed,

the phonograph is preferably so-nrran d that theturntahle arrid itsniotorare more le up and down bodily, while the 'reprodncer and its tonearm :are movable in -a similar manner but'to a gr-enter extent.

Thecrauk so can be inserted through the 11011355 to windthe motorpin theordinary manner, when the motor is in elevated position. Thus the motorcannot be wound when the phonograph or talking machine is concealed inthen-table, as themeansitor cngngemen't with the crank 54 'iu'cnotepposlte thehole' 55 exec when the motor is raised in the mannerascribed.

In combining ztphonogmph with :1, table,

it becomes important, of course, to retain the; essential requirementsof a twbltc. The top of it table must heucertain distance fromtl1e,floo1-,.-and, the clearance below the table;- must be of a: certaincharacter, and of a certain height, otherwisethepiece of flllllihllTB,althou h resembling o table,

may not be adopted or use nssuch. With the construction .115 shown anddescribed, therefore-one object is to keep. the bottom wall 7 of thestorage chamber from com ing too low in the structure, so that it willnot interfere with the use-of the piece of furniture e sa -reel. table.The top 1 is the required distance above the floor, and so is the bottomwall 7,-1vhe1eby the table can be used by at person seated inf-routthereof intheusual. .or ordinarynmnner. If the turn-table were on thesome support upon which the reproduoer is mounted, it would becomenecessary to lower the honogmph to a greater exteut in. the :to. e andthe wall 7 would then-been lowthat it wouid interfere with use of thetable in the desired manner. With the construction shown and described,the tum-table movesfidown the minimum-distance necessary to get it belowth'e cover or closure '8, so that the latter isadnfted to overlie theflat horitop of the turntable 40, so that the latter is presented orheld practically flatwise to the underside of said cover, with onlyslight space if any between, thus minimizing the depth of the store. eposition of the talkinggmachine below t e table top.

xoept for the fact that a record might be left on the turntable, andthat the latter usually has a center post to engage the hole inthe'center of the record, no space is really necessary between the topof the turntable and the underside of the cover 8 of the'table top.Therefore, of course, but slight s ace if any is necessary for this punpose. ut, in any event, the re reducer is not between the cover andturnta le when the machine is in the storage position thereof.

What I claim as my invention is:

1 The combination of a talking machine with means for the storage;thereof in a structure having a table top, whereby the structure can. beused as a table when the talking machine is not in use, and whereinporting a disk record thereon, characterized y this, to wit:that saidturntable in the storage position of the talking machine is presentefiatwise to the underside of said movable section, when said movablesection is flush with the table to to minimize the depth of saidpositicnbe ow the table top with the entire machine below the plane 0%the bottom of said closure, and with the cover and turntable too closetogether to permit said reproducing means to remain in operativerelation to said record, said reproducing means bein movable upward toan operatlve "tion a ove the plane of said turntable, anfi d ownward toa storage position below said lane to permit said closure to assume saidhush position thereof.

2. A structure as specified in claim 1, comprising a movable support forsaid turntable, a movable support for said reproducer, a stationasupport, a arallel motion connection etween sai stationary support andsaid turntable support, anda parallel motion connection between saidturntable support and said reproducer support, whereby said turntableand said reproducer are always in horizontal planes which are parallelwith the plane of sail-l table top.

3. A structure as specified in claim 1, and upper and lowerlinks forminga paraL lel motion connection at each side of themachine between thereproducer and the turn table.

4. A structure as specified in claim '1, wherein said reproducer must beswung latorally from above the turntable to permit said downwarddisplacement thereof and to permit said flatwise presentation of themovable section to the top of the turntable, and means to lock thereproducer in raised position.

5. A structure having a cover and a talking machine turntable socombined that the cover when closed is presented flatwise to the top ofsaid turntable, a reproduoer for said machine, and means whereby saidreproducer is movable downward toa position below the plane of the topof said turntable in order to permit said fiatwise presentation of thecover to the turntable, said turn table having sli ht downwardmovementin horizontal position for the fiatwise presentation of thecover thereto;

6. A structure as specified in claim 5, comprising a support for saidturntable, and a separate movable support for said reproducer, wherebythe turntable and reproducer have relative up and down motion, and saidreproducer be movable laterally from above said turnta Is to permit theclosirlg of said cover.

7. table and talking machine comprising a turntable and a reproducer andmovable connections between the turntable and the reproducer forrelative movement thereof to bring the reproducer above the lane of theturntable for the operation 0 said machine and below said plane for thestorage of the machine in the table.

8. structure as specified in claim '3 comprising a fiat cover forming apart 0% the top surface of the table and ada ted by reason of saidrelative movement or flatwise presentation to the top of said turntable,with slight space i any between, when the machine is in, the storageposition thereof. b

9. A structure as spe fied in claim 7, said connections com rising'aluralit of links at each side 0 the madliine, orming a parallel motionconnection for maintain' the turntable and reproducer in horizon t ifiposition.

10. A structure as specified in claim 7, com rising means forming aclosed well in w 'ch said machine is both operated and stored.

FREDERICK LORENZEN.

